EAGLES Vision

Vision

EAGLES a think-tank and a platform for dialogue

Imagine that we decide together to apply science to the problems of poverty, hunger, disease and education in the developing world. What would it cost? What would the benefits be for the world economy? What would this mean for humanity if we could agree on and succeed in this project? The members of EAGLES are determined to ensure that the skills and resources of European life sciences are effectively used for the benefits of mankind. Developing world problems pose huge humanitarian challenges for life scientists.  A better dialogue is required in which the needs, the voices and the opinions of the emerging and developing countries should be clearly identified, heard and heeded. EAGLES is serving as a platform for achieving this dialogue between scientists from the developing countries and European politicians, policy makers, members of the media and other leaders of public opinion.

Researchers have an important role to play and some crucial messages which often are overlooked in political debates and due to very well organized lobby activities by particular interest groups.  This is, in particular, the case when we think about what life science could do for the poor in the developing world. EAGLES is a platform for improving the communication and the knowledge of the state of the art and it is the experience from many conferences and meetings that politicians and decision makers are eager to hear what EAGLES has to say because of the high level of knowledge and integrity that EAGLES represents. For the members of EAGLES it is a forum for preparing strategies on how to influence policy and the public opinion with knowledge.

EAGLES Mission Statement

We the members of EAGLES, from the developed and developing parts of the World, make a joint commitment to work for the benefit of humanity.
We pledge to motivate the people, the institutions and the governments of Europe to focus and deploy scientific resources to overcome the global challenges of disease, hunger and environmental degradation.
We seek to make heard the voice of authoritative scientists, humanists and policy makers of the developing countries, who know and understand the problems of their countries and possible solutions from the life sciences.

EAGLES OBJECTIVES

The overall objectives of EAGLES, contained in the EAGLES Commitment adopted at BioVision Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 5th April 2004 are as follows:
“The members of EAGLES, from the developed and developing parts of the World, make a joint commitment to work for the benefit of humanity.
The members pledge to motivate the peoples, the institutions and the governments of Europe to focus and deploy scientific resources to overcome the global challenges of disease, hunger and environmental degradation.
The members seek to make heard the voice of authoritative scientists, humanists and policy makers of the developing countries, who know and understand the problems of their countries and possible solutions from the life sciences.”